BRIEF: Jordan qualify to U-22 Asian Championship finals

11:21 a.m. EST, June 24, 2012|Jordan Times, Amman

AMMAN — The U-22 football team became the first Asian team to qualify to the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-22 Asian Championship after taking a solid lead atop Group D qualifiers currently under way in Kathmandu, Nepal. Jordan play thier last match against second-placed Uzbekistan today. The Kingdom qualified to the inaugural Asian U-22 Asian Championship finals after scoring their third straight win-beating hosts Nepal 3-0 over the weekend. They also beat Bangladesh 3-0 and Yemen 4-0. Uzbekistan were held 1-1 by Yemen and will have to win today to secure their qualification, without awaiting the Yemen-Bangladesh result and goal difference. The top two teams from each group will qualify to the 2013 Asian Championship finals together with the best third-placed team. The 2015 edition of the biennial competition will serve as a qualifier for the 2016 Olympics. Uzbekistan beat Nepal 4-2, Yemen beat Nepal 1-0, and Bangladesh lost their matches to Nepal (4-1) and Uzbekistan (2-1) in other Group D results.